Cooperative Oystercatchers

Had a chance to get out a couple weeks ago and saw many, many birds along the shores of Tampa Bay. With a hectic schedule, it has been tough to finish the processing. Now that it's done, I want to share some of my favorites, starting with these American Oystercatchers.

Beautiful and striking birds Stan. I'm still not sure how they hold their heads up w/that beak!
The settings and backgrounds on both images are great. I like the nearly monotone background in the first, but I think the light play of the ripples in the 2nd makes that image my favorite. I find myself getting dizzy looking at their eyes though -

Great looking bird Stan. That beak sure is orange and the water blue! Nice contrasts. I agree with Steve # 2 for me.

Great captures Stan, these are really pretty birds with great light..... nice

Outstanding Stan, I know all too well how skittish these birds are. Well done.

amazing shots, really like the color

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. I'll admit, I included the first shot primarily because of the "pose".

Those birds are so cool to me that they look almost fake.
Great job capturing them.

Great OC series Stan! #1 begs of some caption. Here's one "I never know bright orange makes great toe nail color"

Very cool and nicely done. Did you use the Bigmos??

Great shots they are amazing looking birds

Amazing creatures. Good shooting my dear man!

Thank you all for your very nice replies. These were shot with the Bigmos. Thanks, Fee, for a caption. I found the pose funny, but couldn't find the right caption to express it.